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Title: Women in the Shadows by Ann Bannon ISBN: 1-57344-149-X Publisher: Cleis Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It is as it says
Comment: Women in Shadows is screwy to me at some point but i really like Ann Bannons' work . Its continuation of Laura marrying Jack Mann and having a baby. I love how the main character grew on her own way then while everything is all well and good then you realize she's still a human being and tend to make a whole lot of mistake.
Rating: 4
Summary: Groundbreaking for what it is
Comment: .... I was initially offended by the violent overtones of the relationship between Laura and Beebo. However, reading the author's afterword opens some light into the nature of the darkness in this novel. Her preceding two novels in the series, Odd Girl Out, and Beebo Brinker, take an idealized and fantasized view of lesbian relationships. This novel attempts a more realistic approach to the real problems that plague relationships, including lesbian ones. The setting in which the book was written greatly affected the author, as homosexuality was indeed considered an unnatural, unhealthy affliction for the time period of the 1950s. While the characters display a desire to be 'normal' the author is unwavering in that they are, at the heart, gay, and no amount of wishing or trying can change that. While the female protaganist does indeed marry the gay male protaganist, she does NOT become romantically involved with him and maintains her defiant lesbianism throughout. This book explores themes no lesbian comtemporary author was doing at the time: interracial relationships, artificial insemination, domestic abuse, even femme-femme (as opposed to the proverbial butch-femme) attraction. ....
Rating: 4
Summary: Pulp Fiction
Comment: This novel has important historical significance. Originally published in 1959, this novel broke from the formula of 1950's lesbian pulp fiction. It dealt with real issues in lesbian relationships like domestic violence, racism, and internalized homophobia. Other lesbian pulp fiction novels of the time were simply voyeuristic looks at lesbians and fostered the image that lesbians were predatory monsters. The women in this novel were tied to 1950's conventions, but they were still ahead of their time. The plot leaves much to be desired; it is very depressing. However, this book should not be brushed aside because it is outdated. In its proper historical context, this novel is a masterpiece.
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Title: Journey to a Woman by Ann Bannon ISBN: 1573441708 Publisher: Cleis Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Beebo Brinker by Ann Bannon ISBN: 1573441252 Publisher: Cleis Press Pub. Date: 10 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Odd Girl Out by Ann Bannon ISBN: 1573441287 Publisher: Cleis Press Pub. Date: 09 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: I Am a Woman by Ann Bannon ISBN: 1573441457 Publisher: Cleis Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback by Susan Stryker ISBN: 0811830209 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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